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‘I don’t know if he is alive’: In Sudan, love in a time of war

The Christian Science Monitor·The Christian Science Monitor·25 days ago
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Intisar Abdullah Kodi is only 21, but the list of what Sudan’s civil war has taken from her is long. The family meals shared around a table heavy with food. The big house where she had everything she desired. But what hurts Ms. Kodi most is being separated from her fiance, Amjad. Five months ago, her family fled the southern city of Kadugli, escaping the drone strikes puncturing the city as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) fought for control there. Why We Wrote This Sudan’s civil war has displaced some 14 million people. Hidden in that statistic are countless interrupted love stories. That meant leaving Amjad behind. With a weak phone signal in the area where her family has found refuge, the two have no way of reaching each other. For all she knows, he fled home, too. “I don’t know if he is alive or not,” she says, her voice breaking.…

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